Category Archives: Race and racism
Derek Chauvin pleads guilty to federal charges
I’ve written exhaustively on the subject of Derek Chauvin and the death of George Floyd. I’m not going to go into the details again here, but suffice to say that Chauvin was following police recommended procedure at the time, and … Continue reading →
What Black Lives Matter has to say about the Smollet case
I wonder how many people who say they support BLM are aware of the sort of position taken by one the organization’s LA founders. And I wonder, if they are aware, whether they care [emphasis mine]: “It’s not about a … Continue reading →
Jussie Smollett found guilty on 5 of 6 counts
It certainly sounds like the correct verdict to me. I think the judge should take this case very seriously in terms of sentencing. In today’s world, pretending to be the victim of a vicious racist and homophobic hate crime is … Continue reading →
What are those leftist DAs thinking?
You might think it’s rather simple: their goal is chaos and suffering, the better to demoralize people and make them amendable to more power grabs. Perhaps. But I think it’s more complex than that. I think those “progressive” prosecutors are … Continue reading →
You may have noticed that I haven’t delved too deeply into the Jussie Smollet trial
That’s because it seems to me that his claims are ludicrous, and accounts I’ve read of the trial only confirm that (see for example this as well as this). The jury will do what it will do. There seems no … Continue reading →
The eternal victim: Jussie Smollett
Does it seem as though there have been a great many high-profile trials lately? That’s because there have been. And the latest involves actor Jussie Smollett. He originally claimed to be a victim of a racial hate and homophobic crime. … Continue reading →
The Waukesha killer/racist: down the memory hole
As soon as it was revealed that the Waukesha mass murderer was a black career criminal who hated white people, it was a no-brainer to state that the huge story would fade from view as quickly as possible and that … Continue reading →
Closing arguments in the Arbery case, and now the jury is deliberating
I previously knew only the bare bones of the Arbery case and hadn’t followed it at all closely. But here’s what Andrew Branca has to say at Legal Insurrection about the closing arguments (also please read this from Branca). In … Continue reading →
Waukesha killer Darrell Brooks’ enablers
Darrell Brooks is the career felon who killed five people and injured over 40 by purposely barreling through a barricade and driving through a Christmas parade in Waukesha, Wisconsin on Sunday. Not only does Brooks have the proverbial rap sheet … Continue reading →
Rittenhouse revealed: the Tucker Carlson interview
A lot of people thought Kyle Rittenhouse shouldn’t give an interview at all at this point, and especially not to Tucker Carlson. After all, Carlson has gotten a lot of flak for his supposed extremism and in particular for his … Continue reading →
Dirty Tiki tricks in Virginia
By now you’ve probably read about the attempt at a dirty trick propaganda ploy by some entity – the Democratic Party? The NeverTrumper Lincoln Project? – allied with McAuliffe. The incident was an attempt to smear his opponent Youngkin as … Continue reading →